ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C& RL N ew s ■  Ju n e  2000 / 521

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s Jane Hedberg

RLG d ig ita l a ctivitie s
T h e  Research Libraries G ro u p  (R L G ) has 
launched tw o  digital projects. The first, the 
Cultural Materials Initiative (CM I), will d evelop  
a multifaceted, searchable digital resource to 
provide access to digital collections created by 
RLG m em ber libraries. The initiative’s goals 
include d evelopm ent o f the necessary techni
cal infrastructure, encouragem ent o f  best prac
tices for digital collection management, and 
agreement on right’s m anagement protocols. 
The second program, the Cultural Materials 
Alliance, is a coalition o f  RLG members w h o  
have agreed to participate exclusively with RLG 
in creating the CMI digital resource.

For m ore inform ation, consult the RLG 
W eb  site at www.rlg.org/culturalres/

R u tgers Preservatio n  M an agem ent 
In stitu te
T he Rutgers University School o f Communi
cation, Information, and Library Studies will 
offer the Preservation M anagem ent Institute 
again. Part o f  its Professional D evelopm en t 
Studies (P D S) program, the institute will con
sist o f  three o n e-w eek  sessions held on  N o
vem ber 13-17, 2000, April 23-27, 2001, and 
August 13-17, 2001.

The curriculum covers the nature o f  col
lection materials, environm ental conditions, 
storage and handling, conservation, reformat
ting, preservation technologies, plus adminis
tration and planning. Each participant w ill 
d evelo p  com plete preservation management 
and disaster response plans. Evelyn Frangakis, 
preservation officer at the National Agricultural 
Library, is the institute director. Other faculty 
include, M eg Bellinger, Janet Gertz, William 
Lull, Debra Hess Norris, Thomas Parker, Virgilia 
Rawnsley, W illiam  Saffady, Millie Suter, and 
Christine Ward.

T he registration fee  o f  $3,995 covers in
structional materials, breakfasts, lunches, c of
fee breaks, and field trips; travel and lodging 
expenses are not included. Registration is lim­

Jane Hedberg prepares this column for the College Libraries 
Committee, Commission on Preservation and Access. 
Submissions may be made to Jane Hedberg, Harvard 
University; (617) 495-8596; fax: (617)496-8344

ited to 25 participants. Contact Karen Novick, 
director o f  PDS, Rutgers University SCILS, 4 
Huntington St., N e w  Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071; 
phone: (732) 932-7169; fax: (732) 932-9314; e
mail: pds@scils.rutgers.edu; URL: w w w .scils. 
mtgers .edu/pds/pmi. html.

CLIR report
T h e Council on Library and Information Re
sources (CLIR) has published “Enduring Para
digm, N e w  Opportunities: The Value o f  the 
Archival Perspective in the Digital Environ
m ent” by Anne J. Gilliland-Swetland. In this 
report, Gilliland-Swetland proposes that archi
vists’ experience with docum enting inform a
tion creation, protecting the context and integ
rity o f  in form ation , crea tin g orga n ization  
schemes and retrieval systems, and preserv
ing c om plex collections can assist in d e v e lo p
ing strategies to preserve digital information.

Copies are available for $15 prepaid from 
CLIR Publication Orders 1755 Massachusetts 
Ave., NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036­
2124; phone: (202) 939-4750; fax: (202) 939­
4765; e-mail: info@clir.org; URL: w w w .clir.org.

SO LINET w o rksh op s
The Southeastern Library N etw ork (SOLINET, 
Inc.) w ill offer at least five preservation w o rk
shops. “Library Binding for Preservation” will 
b e o ffered  on  June 23 at James Madison Uni
versity in Harrisonburg, Virginia. “Beating the 
Critter Jitters” will be o ffered  on August 17 and 
“T o  Fume o r N ot to Fume” will be offered on 
August 18 at the University o f  Kentucky Li
brary in Lexington, Kentucky. “Hurricane Pre
paredness” will b e o ffered  on August 24 at the 
University o f Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast 
in Long Beach, Mississippi. “Preservation Man
agem ent o f Audiovisual Collections” w ill be 
offered  on Septem ber 25 at the Historic N e w  
Orleans Collection in N e w  Orleans, Louisiana.

For cast and specific information ab out each 
w o r k s h o p , c o n ta c t C h ris tin e  W is e m a n , 
SOLINET, 1438 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 
200, Atlanta, G A  30309-29^5; phone: (800) 999­
8558 or (404) 892-0943: fax: (404) 892-7879; 
e-mail: christine_wisem an@ solinet.net; URL: 
w w w .solin et.n et. ■

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